Other medications. Your doctor or mental health provider may also prescribe other medications for symptoms of social anxiety, such as: 1  Other antidepressants. 2  You may have to try several different antidepressants to find one that's the most effective for you with the fewest side effects. 3  Anti-anxiety medications.
Female fat distributions. Progesterone & estrogen both play a role in keeping the waist of women smaller. This is because estrogen works against the action of insulin (and testosterone is a belly fat storing hormone in women) while both estrogen and progesterone oppose the action of cortisol. Insulin and cortisol, together with testosterone and low estrogen, are implicated in belly fat deposition in women.
While Pilates offers an array of health benefits, including core stability developments, improved posture and balance, increased flexibility and a decreased risk of lower back pain, it will not help you lose fat in the belly. It isn't possible to spot reduce, which means you can't target fat loss at a particular area. To lose fat in the stomach, you'll have to engage in higher intensity exercises that burn more calories, though you may continue to do Pilates to tone muscles for more defined abs.